The royal mausoleum, which is the burial site of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert urgently needs £3 million of work

In total £32 million worth of repairs are needed on the royal estates which include Holyrood, the Queen's official residence in Scotland

If tourists were given access to Buckingham Palace more often, money could be found for the upkeep of historic state apartments like this one, say MPs. Under current arrangements visitors can only tour 63 days of the year, when the Queen is away over the summer

In many cases residences like Balmoral (pictured) and Windsor Castle have not received so much as a lick of paint for years